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Mr. Lourd
You asked about the appontinent from the Hong Kong Bar to the Supreme Court which has given rise to misgivings among the District Judges according to Mr.de Winton's Minute of 15 April.
The Hong Kong Bar Association Chairman, Mr. de Basto, raised the question of fusion of members of the Boar to the Bench with Lord Shepherd in August 1968 at (26).
The Govenor accepted (*1) the principle of an occasional appointment to the Bench from the Bas provided that the following criteria were met: -
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officus of sufficient calibre were not available in the Judicial and Legal service.
a siulable member of the Hong Kong bear was prepared to accept appointinent:
c. the circumstances were such that this would not
Constitute a begetrinate cause of grievance to members of the Judicial and Legal Service. During his visit bh.K. in November 1969, the Governor discussed this matter with Sir J. Mc Petore (4-2) and it was agreed that it might occasionally be descrable to appout someone from the Hong Kong Bar 15 the Supreme Court but that such appointmenté would be
very
exceptional, While the Service could not be expected to like such appointinent, it
might be
more acceptable if made at a time when two or more vacancies on the Beach were to be filled. This situation will arise in 1972.
Mr. de Winton in his Minute of 15 Apiel refers to the appointinent of a Commissioner to the Supreme Court. This is an acting appointment and is not permanente.
and suck temporary appointments have not been dealt with in the discumious referred to above. The District Judges presumably fear that where a member of the Bar has held an athomtument of
/ Commissioner